Simply Tax Episode 95: Managing Risk Amid a Pandemic
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Organizations large and small continue to confront challenges related to the impact of the systematic disruption caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the incidence of COVID-19 (COVID-19). Guest Kim Hirsch of Fusion Risk Management (Fusion) joins host Damien Martin to explain how risk management and business continuity strategies can help organizations and their leaders respond to a pandemic, maintain operational resilience and create a plan to return to “normal” when the pandemic subsides. Here’s what’s covered:
- Who is Kim Hirsch? @01:36
- How to get ahead of risks @02:47
- Business impact analysis and all-hazards planning @04:29
- A manageable approach @08:53
- Pandemic planning @11:21
- Best practice to drive your decision making @17:02
- Pandemics are hard to contemplate @19:55
- Great data is the foundation @27:52
- Ways to learn more @30:20
- Plan for the worst but hope for the best @31:57
BIO FOR GUESTS
Kimberly Hirsch is the manager of advisory services at Fusion. She oversees the group that provides subject matter expertise to help businesses plan, implement and exercise enterprise business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management and operational risk programs and associated components. These include program management and governance, business impact analysis, planning, exercise, crisis communications, vendor management and program improvement and analysis, among others. Kim has more than eighteen years of experience as a business continuity and crisis management practitioner at Fortune 100 companies.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
- Resources from Kim and Fusion
- BKD COVID-19 Resource Center
- Upcoming BKD webinar: Business Continuity in the Midst of COVID-19: What You Need To Know (April 22, 2020)
- More episodes from our COVID-19 Response Series:
- Episode 94: Tax Considerations of COVID-19 Relief with Yelena Bosovik, Julia Dengel and Ed Karl
- Episode 93: SBA Loans After the CARES Act with Jim Ashley, Corey Stone and Greg Knight
- Episode 92: Payroll-Related Relief with Ryan Peterson, Yelena Bosovik and Julia Dengel
- Episode 91: Responding to the Unexpected with Chris Schumann
- Episode 90: Making Working from Home Less Taxing with Tony Nitti
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